Where does “runotaide” come from?
runotaide (Finnish) comes from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.
runotaide (Finnish): poetry as an art form
Ancestry of “runotaide”, step by step
runotaide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taide | art |
| 2 | Finnish | taitaa | to know, master, command, have a command of, have... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taitadak | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taje- | — |
via Finnish runo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | runo | poem; poetry; rune |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚱᚢᚾᛟ | secret, mystery; rune |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rūnō | secret, mystery; rune |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | rūnā | secret, mystery |